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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Safety Effectiveness of Red Light Treatments for Red Light Running, Carl Scott Olson
Inventory and Initiation Zone Characterization of Debris Flows on Mount St. Helens, Washington Initiated during a Major Storm Event in November, 2006, Keith Vinton Olson
Carry That Weight, Candace Jane Opper
Islam in Central Asia: A Religion and a Heritage, Jordan Pahl
Narrative Processes in Urban Planning: A Case Study of Swamp Gravy in Colquitt, Georgia, Ronald David Pate
Motivation in the Portland Chinuk Wawa Language Community, Abigail Elaina Pecore
Portland State University E-CRM System Implementation, Christophe Perrenoud
Team Process Report: Team 4, Christophe Perrenoud, Byung Sung Yoon, Baraa Abudawod, Meles Hagos, and Sarah Griffis
The Basic Scheme for the Evaluation of Functional Logic Programs, Arthur Peters
Portland's "Refugee from Occupied Hollywood": Andries Deinum, his Center for the Moving Image, and Film Education in the United States, Heather Oriana Petrocelli
Gendering Gardasil: Framing Gender and Sexuality in Media Representations of the HPV Vaccine, Maura Kathleen Pisciotta
Electronic Properties and Structure of Functionalized Graphene, Pavel Plachinda
Community Earth System Model: Implementation, Validation, and Applications, William Christian Porter
Long Trails Project: Identifying Opportunities, Solving Problems, and Exploring Implementation, Portland State University
Police Use of Force: A Review of the Literature, Portland State University. Criminology and Criminal Justice Senior Capstone
Predictive Policing: A Review of the Literature, Portland State University. Criminology and Criminal Justice Senior Capstone
Prevention of Cyberstalking: A Review of the Literature, Portland State University. Criminology and Criminal Justice Senior Capstone
Pathos, Fall 2012, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Winter 2012, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Mining Culture in Roman Dacia: Empire, Community, and Identity at the Gold Mines of Alburnus Maior ca.107-270 C.E., Heather Ann Pundt
The Effects of Yoga Therapy on the Quality of Life for a Paraplegic Individual, Allison Renee Purdy
Use of International Hydrographic Organization Tidal Data for Improved Tidal Prediction, Songwei Qi
Development of a Nephelometry Camera and Humidity Controlled Cavity Ring-Down Transmissometer for the Measurement of Aerosol Optical Properties, James Gregory Radney